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Blockchain Technology vs Distributed Ledger Technology
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What is the difference between distributed ledger technology and blockchain technology?

Quote: "The Difference between DLT and Blockchains" by Brian Behlendorf of the "HyperLedger" project (by "The Linux Foundation")

Okay... there actually... I mean, so, the difference between the term distributed ledger and the term blockchain has gotten pretty muddy out there in the broader world.

For me, personally, distributed ledgers are a great, very specific way to talk about this new kind of decentralized database, right, this system, so that you, and I, and everyone else out there, have a copy of a series of transactions that is kept absolutely in sync.

The specific term for that data structure used to be called blockchain, but now, everybody seems to be applying the term blockchain to anything on the spectrum, from cryptocurrencies to enterprise deployments of DLTs.

So, really, I think blockchain has kind of become like the Internet, right, like a term so broad...

But still, you know, it's nice to describe this new set of technologies that is inclusive of DLTs and even smart contract functionality.

Source: https://youtu.be/02IAHzvCh34

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